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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project






2. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






3. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






4. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






5. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






6. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






7. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule






8. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






9. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






10. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






11. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables






12. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers






13. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






14. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






15. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






16. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date






17. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






18. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






19. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






20. Provider of products - services or results






21. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project






22. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






23. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






24. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






25. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






26. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






27. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables






28. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






29. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






30. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






31. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






32. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.






33. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






34. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






35. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.






36. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






37. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






38. Significant point or event in the project






39. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






40. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






41. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






42. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.






43. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






44. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient






45. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






46. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






47. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






48. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






49. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget






50. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives